Improvement in fire-kindlers



RACHEL P.` SMITH. Improvement in Fire .Kin'vdler. N0. 119,893.

Patented dot. 10, 1871.

ATENT OFFICE.

RACHEL P. SMITH, OF DUBUQUE, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN'FIRE-KINDLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,893, dated October 1U, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RACHEL P. SMITH, of Dubuque and county of Dubuque, and in the State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire-Kindlers; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying dn wing and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification.

rlhe nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a re-kindler, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referringto the annexed drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a bottle containing my ijre-kindler, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of my kindler.

My iirekindler is composed of about equal parts of water-lime or cement, plaster of Paris and clay thoroughly mixed together, and then formed or molded into blocks, A, of any desired shape. Each of these blocks is either formed on the end of a rod, B, or said rod is passed through the block after it is formed, and the block is then held by means of wires al a, as shown in the drawing. rllhese wires not only hold the block on the rod but also hold the block together-that is, prevent it in a great measure from breaking and falling to pieces. This kindler is placedin a metallic can, C, which I propose to have made for that purpose, lled with kerosene, and the upper end of the rod B is attached to a handle, D, which also forms the stopperfor the can. Should the can C drop or become jammed there is no liability of explosion, as often occurs in using glass bottles filled with various igniting-uids.

These cans can be made cheaply and are more durable and safe than the usual glass bottles used to hold the kerosene or other fluid.

I am aware that Letters Patent have been granted for re-kindlers composed of a roll of earthen compounds attached to the end of a metallic rod to be ,immersed in a bottle containing burning fluids 5 hence I do not broadly claim such to be my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I cla-im as new, and desire to secure by Letters J oHN F. SMITH. (61) 

